From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:09:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (x_get_foreign_selection): Return nil if desired selection could not
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-23.0.90~3400
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=12061f06d772893e57e915091e0d67f93cfd2e97;p=emacs.git

(x_get_foreign_selection): Return nil if desired selection could not
be obtained, instead of signalling an error.
---

diff --git a/src/xselect.c b/src/xselect.c
index 50a42e38b86..7573be894d8 100644
--- a/src/xselect.c
+++ b/src/xselect.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ x_get_foreign_selection (selection_symbol, target_type, time_stamp)
   if (NILP (XCAR (reading_selection_reply)))
     error ("Timed out waiting for reply from selection owner");
   if (EQ (XCAR (reading_selection_reply), Qlambda))
-    error ("No `%s' selection", SDATA (SYMBOL_NAME (selection_symbol)));
+    return Qnil;
 
   /* Otherwise, the selection is waiting for us on the requested property.  */
   return